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King Crimson776 
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Joined: October 12 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2779 |
 Posted: November 21 2008 at 22:52 |
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The Moody Blues were the first band that I really ever got into... even before stuff like Led Zeppelin and Floyd etc. They are probably a big part of the reason why my tastes went towards prog. My favorites from them are Days of Future Passed, In Search Of the Lost Chord, and To Our Children's Children's Children, but all of their classic 7 are great.
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Abrawang
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 21:27 |
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For me, their first 3 were their best; Day, Lost Chord and Threshhold. Hardly a weak cut on the lot. I thought their song-writing started to fall off a bit on Children's, though the album was still pretty strong. Gypsy is as good as anything they'd done, the Eyes of a Child/Floating combo was great, and I liked the Never Tought I'd Live to be A Hundred/Million segments were nice too. But cuts like Watching & Waitng and Sun is Still Shining are a bit boring IMO.
Their song-writing dropped further on each successive album. Question wasn't bad but it's best track, Melancholy Man, wouldn't have stood out on any of their first 4. They gave the Beatles quite a run as my favourite band in the last 60s/early 70s but by the time they finished the string with EGBDF & 7th Sojourn, I had moved on to Yes, Geesis, Tull, Floyd & ELP.
I still enjoy listening to the Moodys and it's nice to hear that that others are keeping their music alive.
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Jaja Macca
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Joined: November 28 2008 Status: Offline Points: 61 |
Posted: November 29 2008 at 20:43 |
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I really love their work till LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER.
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Devonsidhe
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 02:20 |
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Of all of the solo albums that came out in the mid70s, BlueJays was the closest to the Moodies. I've always kind of looked at it as another Moodies album which isn't too far off now since Hayward and Lodge are the only ones singing and writing now (with Edge still tapping behind them).
But my favorite solo has to be Ray Thomas' Hopes, Wishes and Dreams. I love his voice and his viewpoints in his lyrics. It's a shame he only came out with two solos and after LDV, didn't really write much and then retired seven years ago.
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moshkito
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 19:04 |
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Guys ... that was one of the springs from the couch ... not a note or a chord!
So that big spring was a "Coiled C Chord"?
All kidding aside. The Moodies, like The Kinks, Beatles, Rolling Stones and others, were a part of the forefront of "pop artists" that wanted to make more music than just "pop songs" for radio. And many groups ended up trashed around and dropped because of it.
Luckily, things improved and the late 60's and early 70's were a haven for a lot of things, many of which we now call "progressive".
The Moodies, were progressive in one essential element, and in a way they should get a lot of credit for it. And it was that they really were the first symphonic piece around, and not just a play symphony for one song ... a massive symphony for a very long song. So, it deserves its place, as progressive by nature of the time that it came out and ... nothing out there was done like that, or that well, or that poetic. Not even the Beatles!
I think they lost it some as time went by, but in essence, those first 5 albums were very important, and I think that the fame got to their heads a bit, well it got to the Beatles and Rolling Stones too, and the quality went down a bit. But it still stands up as a standard bearer to what you can do with music and an orchestra that too much music these days ... STILL ... does not do! Talk about being progressive! 40 years and still nothing out there like it, except some folks using a synthesizer to make do and make believe that it is an orchestra and be as vacuous as anything you ever saw or heard or discussed here! Edited by moshkito - May 10 2010 at 19:34 |
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paganinio
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 00:35 |
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I believe their 1967 album Days of Future Passing By was the first prog rock album in history.
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The Coastliner
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 10:16 |
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I've had Days of Future Passed for awhile now, but this thread prompted me to check out In Search of the Lost Chord and On The Threshold of A Dream, and I have to say that I'm pretty blown away. This is excellent stuff.
Also, the idea of a band having a solid series of seven albums in a row that are pretty well-regarded by everyone is incredible. I don't know if too many of the other big names around here can lay claim to that.
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Rottenhat
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 12:21 |
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I have fond memories of The Moody Blues comeback album, Long Distance Voyager. My eldest brother had that album, and he told me about accusations of the band using backwards messages (backmasking) on the album to convey satanic messages :)
The point of backmasking was to influence the listener with backwards satanic messages uncounsciously..(If you played the record backward you could hear the messages, but even played the right way, the message would somehow affect you because the brain would decipher it)
That made this album sound very creepy.. I was young and very suggestible..
Now I know better... but it still is quite a nostalgic trip to hear it :)
Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' was also accused of backmasking.. But that is probably no news...
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Ronnie Pilgrim
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 19:39 |
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See my post on another forum. I couldn't agree more. The Moody Blues are far too overlooked on this site for the most part.
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himtroy
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 20:36 |
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I would also give all of those five stars if not very close. My favorite goes back and forth between In Search of the Lost Chord and Seventh Sojourn. With Days not far behind.
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Devonsidhe
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Posted: May 12 2010 at 00:57 |
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I couldn't agree more. It seems most comments either claim them near the top of their personal list or claim they don't even belong on a prog list.
For me, the Moodies were the first to make me feel like I was listening to what would later be called prog. Decades later, I still play their albums with frequency. I have probably played their classic seven several hundred times each. No one has come close to the concept album as they have.
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Jackonthegreen
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Joined: November 02 2009 Status: Offline Points: 35 |
Posted: May 17 2010 at 05:36 |
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I have been discovering the Moody Blues this latest month, theyre really nice. Ive heard Days, Lost chord, To our children and every good boy.
Days is probably the first progalbum and a really good album too! They manage to blend classic music and 60s pop very well. Lost chord is my favurite album by them, its the best album from the 60s ive heard. Exactly that type of trippy, eastern.influenced, cosy pop i always imagined late 60s pop to be.  To our children wasthe first moodies album i heard, its a really good album, seems like their most "normal" album, since days is so orchestral and lost chord is soo late 60s. I thought every good boy was really bad, to be honest. None of that nice feeling from their earlier albums. I havent heard threshold of a dream, but i think i will love it  |
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